What is rap music? What do you associate with it?
I conducted two very brief interviews of fellow first-year Emory students. I asked them for two responses each, these were their first responses:
When asked about rap music each of my subjects took a decent amount of time to mull over what they would say. It was evident that positive things didn't come to mind immediately, they took time to find wither find positives or find a "politically correct" way to word their initial thoughts.
The first interviewee, Ean Kitchens, said rap music was "not my cup of tea." It wasn't until I pushed for details that he described what he meant by that. He went on to say he preferred music that had more of a story or meaning behind it, he also gave an example of liking bands because the members are more musically talented than a rapper. I was surprised he didn't downplay the genre more than he did, he chose to praise another genre instead of telling me what he saw wrong with rap music, but my second subject covered that exact topic.
Will Kelly, the second interviewee, took the question in a more literal sense. He said rap music was a depiction of a culture he just can't relate to. When I prodded for further explanation he said: "it's all about either doing drugs, murdering people, mistreating woman, or bragging about their material possessions."
I took both of these responses with tongue in cheek as I nodded along. I did this because it was part of the process for the second half of the interview.
The first interviewee, Ean Kitchens, said rap music was "not my cup of tea." It wasn't until I pushed for details that he described what he meant by that. He went on to say he preferred music that had more of a story or meaning behind it, he also gave an example of liking bands because the members are more musically talented than a rapper. I was surprised he didn't downplay the genre more than he did, he chose to praise another genre instead of telling me what he saw wrong with rap music, but my second subject covered that exact topic.
Will Kelly, the second interviewee, took the question in a more literal sense. He said rap music was a depiction of a culture he just can't relate to. When I prodded for further explanation he said: "it's all about either doing drugs, murdering people, mistreating woman, or bragging about their material possessions."
I took both of these responses with tongue in cheek as I nodded along. I did this because it was part of the process for the second half of the interview.